Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon Uchizy Les Maranches 2024 SF Chronicle spontaneous fermentations

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grapefruit and spices emerge

Expect a Dent de Chien that drinks well young while retaining the underlying tension of the site

a man who has spent decades running one of the country's deepest cellars and knows exactly what a crowd-pleasing Chardonnay should cost

Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon Uchizy Les Maranches 2024 SF Chronicle spontaneous fermentationsFrom the village of Uchizy in the northern Mconnais comes this Chardonnay from Les Hritiers du Comte Lafon, the biodynamic estate of Burgundy luminary Dominique Lafon. The Les Maranches site gives a white with real energy and lift, farmed organically and biodynamically and aged in large wood for purity. Lafon's Mcon wines have a knack for delivering Cte d'Or finesse at down to earth prices, and this one is no exception. A bright, precise white that